I've been confounded by the problem of shaving for more than 12 years. It takes a lot of time, razors are expensive, and when you try and stretch out their useful life it hurts.
No more! I've discovered safety razors and I don't think I'll ever go back. The name "safety razor" is used to differentiate the product from a "cut throat" razor that one may have seen used in cowboy movies. The safety razor has a metal guard to prevent deep cuts while still allowing a close shave. The blades are sold in cute little packets containing five or six double sided blades individually wrapped in a cute little envelope of wax paper and then regular paper. They cost about 200-250 shillings a packet, about US$0.20 or US$0.04 per blade. I get between 2 and 4 good shaves per blade. The quality of shave is far superior to that of my old Mach 4 or whatever the latest shaver is at maybe a 100th of the cost. I'd often seen the blades for sale at the grocery store in the US but had never seen a razor for sale. I'm planning on buying a couple hundred blades to take back the US and would be more than happy to bring back razors (500 shillings each) for anyone else who wants to throw off the yoke of expensive shaving.
Annie is not at all sold on the idea, but month old armpit hair is a tough shave job for any razor.
A complete and comprehensive guide to the subject can be found on this Wikipedia page and you can see a picture of my razor with blade pack on the photo site here.
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